seasoned rounds

Prolly not. What kind of wood?
I feel your pain on the kid subject. Mine are 7 and almost 5 now, so they can at least entertain themselves so I can get something done when mom's not home. If they aren't beating each other. And it's usually the little one beating on the big one.

Split them now and stack them where the sun and wind can get to the wood - all you can do is all you can do. It wont burn perfectly, but it will still burn. Another idea is to trade a buddy your freshly split rounds for some already seasoned wood. Alot of people start cutting now (or later) for wood to burn this winter, so you'd definately be better off than they are.

If you have a lot already split get the rest done and put it to the back of this years line-up! May not be the very best but should get the job done.

i build a privacy wall every 3 years (punk factor) and split then,but they still need a little drying time.



this one was put up 2 springs ago

Terry

Well, their certainly seasoned enough to split & stack ...whether or not the wood will burn well this upcoming season depends on the internal moisture content. The only way to know that is to split some and measure it. The only way to get it to come down more quickly is to split it. Rick

probably could be burnt right away but it gets mixed in with the other stuff..

Terry

cityhick said:

jeff_t said:

Prolly not. What kind of wood?
I feel your pain on the kid subject. Mine are 7 and almost 5 now, so they can at least entertain themselves so I can get something done when mom's not home. If they aren't beating each other. And it's usually the little one beating on the big one.

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It is ash and they were standing dead................ash borer bugs

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It depends upon how long they've been dead as to how much moisture they have. However, I'd be willing to bet if you get those split and stacked now, you will have some good firewood for this winter. I'd stack it so wind hits the wood; wind is your best way to dry the wood. Sun is good too but wind is more important. Good luck.

My own opininon is that "seasoned round" is like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny . . . well maybe not that bad . . . truth is in terms of seasoning some depends on the tree species (ash is a plus for you) and how long the tree has been cut (over a year is good) and how long the tree was standing dead (as Backwoods mentioned -- longer is better). Truthfully, the only real way to know is to split some and try out the moisture meter . . . I suspect if you are like me in my first year of burning when I was using standing dead elm you may find some are good to go right then and there, some splits will need just a few months seasoning and some will not be ready until next year.

If you can, split and stack as soon as possible . . . and keep this wood in reserve until the end of winter . . . when it may be good to go.

Might be OK. In the future, you would be better off stacking and storing it split rather than in rounds. It will season faster that way, and probably split easier too.

I feel for your situation. My kids are 2.5 years and 5 months. Free time? I don't know what that is anymore.

It was pretty hard for us for me to go take the time to get the wood (national forest) and split and stack. And I could only do that when the season opens in May. I have yet to take moisture readings but I will get to that sometime and see how I'm doing (using a multimeter) - and post on it too.

But it is what it is. Hope the best for us! haha.

If you don't have a moisture meter (I don't) but have a multimeter (I do), you may want to try using that. I have yet to but I'm going to soon, just to see where I'm at.

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Backwoods Savage said:

cityhick said:

jeff_t said:

Prolly not. What kind of wood?
I feel your pain on the kid subject. Mine are 7 and almost 5 now, so they can at least entertain themselves so I can get something done when mom's not home. If they aren't beating each other. And it's usually the little one beating on the big one.

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It is ash and they were standing dead................ash borer bugs

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It depends upon how long they've been dead as to how much moisture they have. However, I'd be willing to bet if you get those split and stacked now, you will have some good firewood for this winter. I'd stack it so wind hits the wood; wind is your best way to dry the wood. Sun is good too but wind is more important. Good luck.

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I've got a trailer full of ash I'll split tomorrow. I'll probably burn some of it this winter.
I've found it depends a lot on where the tree was growing. Most of my woods is creek bottom, and pretty wet. The bottom 6-8' of the trunk is definitely too wet too burn, but the tops are good and dry. I've cut dead ash from a friends woodlot, which was high and dry, and taken it home and burned it within a week.